There is some good news. 'The Font' discovers that the local pharmacy has opened up a list for folks wanting the vaccine. They don't know when they'll get a supply or if we'll be eligible but at least they now have a waiting list and we're on it. This is progress. Right ? The Astra Zeneca vaccine is being unfairly blamed for all sorts of things so we're hoping that it may be made available for those who specifically ask for it. The two of us will be first in line.
Saturday saw the new car park behind the village hall busy. In the morning a convoy of four cars showed up. Toulouse folk looking for somewhere quiet and uncrowded for a walk. Mid-afternoon the same thing happens. Another convoy, more Toulouse registration plates, more cheerful couples. In pre-pandemic days Sophie would have stood at the gate and watched them saunter along. Now the visitors hurry by, keen to leave the village houses and street lights far behind them.
If the weather was good (or really, really bad ) this would be a wonderful place to stay. The coastline is amazing :https://www.crabtreeandcrabtree.com/properties/the-clock-tower-at-bamburgh-castle/
The best artichokes in the world ? : http://www.giggetto.it/
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Who would have thought that ideas on different types of vaccine could become so entangled in nationalist sentiment? I am due for my Covid shot at the peculiarly specific time of 10:51 am on Friday, and will happily accept whatever they have on offer.
I was late to appreciating the magnificence of the Northumberland coast, but would heartliy recommend the whole area to anyone who hasn't yet been there.
Cheers! Gail.
Like Gail, I too, would be happy to accept whatever vaccine I might be lucky enough to be offered. Anything to give me immunity will be well received - the alternative doesn't bear thinking about.
How green and pleasant your countryside looks now that it's awakening from it's winter slumber. A real hint of spring in the air here, too.
Hari OM
I have mentioned before that I am one of those for whom the vacc would be risky, given a poor history with such. If I needed any further reminding of that potential, one sister has just had a week of fatigue and fevers following her second dose and the other sister took four days to not feel like she'd been hit by her local bus after the first dose (I don't know which had what vacc or if both the same). Neither of them has a reactive history.
As Gail says, the Northumbrian coast is one of the best kept secrets on these isles - every little nook and cranny is just stunning and gives the Bonny Land west coast a run for comparison! YAM xx
Yesterday, I heard much the same info--two local pharmacies where those over age 50 could sign up to be vaccinated. However, I then checked on the government health website (ameli.fr), and it turns out that one must not only be over age 50 but also have a comorbidity. I'm over 50 but in perfect health, and the Ameli chatbot informed me to wait until invited to be vaccinated. I think I will pop by said pharmacies first thing Monday to enquire just in case. At the least, I can tell one that if they have an extra dose at the end of the day, I can be there in under five minutes so it isn't wasted.
I've been managing to withstand your onslaught of hotel links (barely), but you really got me with the artichokes! After the last time we visited Rome, my husband spent hours working with the chef at our favorite Italian restaurant here to try and recreate the experience. We couldn't buy Italian artichokes, but arrived from France that looked promisingly similar, but no . . . I am also in the camp of welcoming any vaccine they may offer me, but things are going soooo slowly in Japan. People here are generally very cautious about vaccines of all sorts, as a result of which I ended up catching both mumps and whooping cough in my mid-fifties. Hoping for better luck this time!
Yes. Getting on a list and being eligible for the jab are two very different procedures.
The world seems to be divided into 3 . Countries like the US and UK which suffered badly in the 1st wave and then went into hyper activity over ordering and distributing vaccines. Countries like France and Germany that got through the first wave largely unscathed and took their eye off the virus only to have it come back with unleashed ferocity. And, thirdly, countries in Asia which have few cases and little vaccine.
Your beautiful pictures of the bright spring sky and green pastures always bring a lift to my spirits (and, of course, Sophie who seems to be wearing a quizzical look this morning). I so hope something will open up quickly for you on the vaccine; we'll be getting our 2nd shot this week (and are still amazed it happened this quickly on such a remote edge of the northern California coast).
I'm having my first dose on Friday evening...banking on having the weekend to get over any 'side-effects'.
Please accept whichever vaccine is offered; I was hospitalized with the dreadful virus last October and it's something I certainly would not wish on anyone.
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